Africa: Fear of Diversity in Europe, Greed in Africa - - America's Two-Faced Strategy

The same administration that lectures Europe about borders and identity turns around and treats Africa like a giant piggy bank. Ideology for Europe. Profit for Africa. Read more »

South Africa: 'Unacceptable' - - Norway's Prime Minister Decries Reason for the Us Boycott of G20 Summit

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre criticises the US's absence from the G20 Leaders' Summit, calling its explanation for missing it 'unacceptable'. He highlights… Read more »

South Africa: Trump's G20 Boycott Could Propel Ramaphosa and Lamola Into Leadership Spotlight

While the G20 summit is primarily about our relationship with the world, it is entirely possible that there could be consequences for our domestic politics. It could be a golden… Read more »

South Africa: US Tariff Retreat Offers Limited Relief for South Africa's Farmers

However, concern remains, since the recent modification only benefits a few agricultural industries and does not address the overall exposure of the sector to the US. Read more »

South Africa: From Mamdani to Mckenzie - - Why Depth Matters in Politics and Democracy

How do we go below the surface level and think carefully about our society, holding leaders to account and ensuring the elusive "better life for all", when the majority of our… Read more »

South Africa: US Makes Clear It Will Oppose a G20 Johannesburg Leaders' Declaration

The summit now seems to be headed for a weaker 'Chair's Statement'. The prospects of Leaders' Declaration were fading anyway, but dimmed considerably after the US spelt out its… Read more »

Africa: Trump to G20 and SA - - 'Drop Dead'

Donald Trump's sudden decision to send no official representative to this year's G20 meeting has upset planning and is making it impossible to say if the upcoming meeting will have… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Secures Papal Blessing for G20 Values, While Trump (Yet Again) Dumps On SA

A day after US President Donald Trump declared a US boycott of the upcoming G20 Summit, Pope Leo XIV endorsed the G20's positions on debt and inequality as resonant with his… Read more »

South Africa: Withdrawal of US Aid Has Hurt South Africa's HIV Management Programme

Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected. Read more »

Africa: SA's G20 Agenda Draws Broad Support - - but It Could Be Undone By Trump's Opposition

South Africa is pursuing an ambitious G20 agenda for the November Summit in Johannesburg -- an agenda which, say some, is overly ambitious. Read more »

South Africa: Trump's Pick for Ambassador to SA Evades Questions On Race-Based Voting and Refugee Policies

US President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to South Africa has refused to tell US senators if he would support or oppose the reinstitution of laws in the US allowing only… Read more »

South Africa: Emerging Markets Surge Amid Dollar Weakness, but Is New Financial Era On the Horizon?

A weaker dollar, which is being hedged by foreign investors, suggests diminished confidence in US economic management. The surge in gold underscores that fear, as investors… Read more »

South Africa: Charlie Kirk and the Danger of Performative Empathy for Those Who Hate

Instead of empathy, a moment of reflection on Charlie Kirk's death can be used to dismantle the altar of bigotry with which we are confronted. Read more »

South Africa: 'Trade Now Being Used As a Weapon,' Ramaphosa Tells UN in Jab At Trump Tariffs

SA President calls 'geopolitical shocks and unprecedented trade policy volatility' a threat to development. Read more »

South Africa: US's Kimmel Muzzled While SA's White Right Goes Full Prefect in Wake of Charlie Kirk Murder

Spurred on by an attempted US right-wing crackdown on Saying Bad Things About Charlie Kirk, South Africa's self-proclaimed head boy, Ernst Roets, is warning local chatterboxes that… Read more »

South Africa: Team SA 'On the Ground' in US, Says Ramaphosa, Warning Against Retaliatory Tariffs

President Cyril Ramaphosa says officials from Pretoria are in the US for tariff negotiations that will take place in 'just a few days'. Read more »

South Africa: Those Resisting Trump's Maga Mania Have Seen How Freedom Can Be Taken for Granted

The thing about being free is that you only really appreciate it once you have been unfree. We South Africans know this - especially young South Africans. Under MAGA, the Americans… Read more »

Africa: Trump's Tariff Bullying Shows Signs of Backfiring

India defies US President Donald Trump's bullying. Will African countries do the same? Read more »

South Africa: Taiwan Blasts Lamola for Claiming It Has No Office in Washington DC

In a strongly worded statement, Taipei decries Lamola's 'grave lack of knowledge' and says he must 'stop spreading false information'. Read more »

South Africa: Scores of South Africans Retrenched By NGO Processing Trump's Afrikaner 'Refugees'

The organisation that aims to bring Kenyan workers to South Africa to process Afrikaner 'refugees' bound for the US laid off more than 100 South Africans last year. Read more »

South Africa: Union Leader Says He Would Take Jail Over Forced End to Air Canada Strike

A leader of the union on strike against Air Canada AC.TO said on Monday he would risk jail time rather than allow cabin crews to be forced back to work by a federal labor board,… Read more »

South Africa: Loaded for Bear - Much of the Reaction to U.S. Hunter Killed By Buffalo in SA Is Callous and Ignorant

If you don't like trophy hunting, fine. But it is important to base opposition on facts. And even if trophy hunting makes you see red, that is no reason to celebrate the death of a… Read more »

South Africa: Exclusive - - The US Plan to Bring Kenyans to SA to Process Afrikaner 'Refugees'

The US State Department wants to bring workers from Kenya to South Africa to help with the Afrikaner 'refugee' project -- and the South African government is not amused. Read more »

South Africa: Parks Tau's 'Plan A' Turns to New Markets to Outrun Trump's Trade War

SA dangles blueberries and pork in a bid to avert the US tariff blow. Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa, Trump Discuss 'Bilateral Trade Matters' in Phone Call As Tariffs Come Into Effect

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested that there was still room to reach a trade agreement between the US and South Africa. Read more »